CHANGES  IN  ORGANIZATION^  rb^J^b'' ^GESSARY 
DURING  PROGRESS  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  WAR 


PREPARED  BY  THE  WAR  COLLEGE  DIVISION,  GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS 

AS   A   SUPPLEMENT    TO    THE    STATEMENT    OF    A    PROPER   MILITARY 

POLICY  FOR  THE  UNITED  STATES 


WCD  4886-23 


ARMY  WAR  COLLEGE  :  WASHINGTON 

NOVEMBER,  1915 


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War  Department, 

Document  No.  506. 

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SYNOPSIS 


I.  Introduction. 

Page. 

1.  AuBtria-Hungary 7 

Chasseurs 7 

Cavalry 8 

Field  artillery 8 

Divisional  and  corps  artillery 8 

Engineer  troops 8 

Communication  troops 9 

Cavalry  ponton  trains 9 

Aviation  corps 9 

Aero  company 9 

Signal  troops 9 

Mobile  automobile  repair  shop 10 

Machine-gun  organizations 10 

2.  France 10 

Heavy  movable  artillery 10 

Schneider  mobile  battery 1 

Cavalry 1 

3.  Germany 1 

The  42  centimeter  Howitzer  battery  (Krupp) 1 

Depot  battalions 1 

Aero  companies 1 

Automobile  park 12 

4.  Great  Britain 12 

A.  General  and  army  headquarters 12 

General  headquarters  (3  echelons) 12 

Headquarters  of  an  army  (two  or  more  divisions) 12 

General  headquarters  ammunition  park .' 12 

A  printing  company 13 

B.  Army  and  corps  headquarters 13 

Headquarters  of  an  army  (two  or  more  corps) 13 

Headquarters  of  an  army  corps  (two  or  more  divisions) 13 

Army  troops  supply  column  (provisional) 13 

Corps  troops  supply  column 13 

The  cavalry  corps 14 

Cavalry  corps  troops 14 

Machine-gun  corps  (new  oi^;anization,  1915) 14 

C.  Infantry 14 

Headquarters  of  a  division  (new  armies) 14 

Headquarters  of  an  infantry  brigade  (new  armiee) 15 

An  infantry  battaUon  (new  armies) 15 

Divisional  ammunition  park  (new  armies) 15 

An  ammunition  subpark  for  divisions  (new  armies) 15 

Divisional  train  (new  armies) 16 

Divisional  supply  column  (new  armies).. 16 

Cyclist  company,  divisional  mounted  troops  (new  armies), 16 


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4.  Great  Britain— Continued.  Page. 

D.  Cavalry 16 

The  cavalry  division 16 

Headquarters  of  a  cavalry  brigade 17 

The  cavalry  brigade 17 

The  cavalry  regiment 17 

The  cavalry  squadron 17 

Cavalry  squadron  (divisional  mounted  troops)  (new  armies) 17 

Cavalry  division  signal  squadron 18 

Remount  units , 18 

E.  Artillery 18 

Army  artillery  brigade  headquarters 18 

Army  artillery  ammunition  park 18 

Headquarters  of  divisional  artillery  (new  armies) 18 

Divisional  ammunition  column  (new  armies) 19 

Heavy  artillery  reserve  group  headquarters 19 

Heavy  artillery  battery    and    ammunition    column  (R.  G.  A.) 

(60-pounder  B.  L.)  (new  armies) 19 

Pack  artillery  brigade  ammunition  park) 19 

A  field  artillery  brigade 19 

Field  artillery  (howitzer)  brigade  (new  armies) 20 

Siege  artillery  brigade  (medium) 20 

Siege  artillery  brigade  (light) 20 

Mountain  artillery  brigade,  R.  G.  A.,  and  ammunition  column. . .  20 

Armored  motor  battery 21 

Motor  machine-gun  battery 21 

Antiaircraft  gun  detachment 21 

Workshop  for  six  antiaircraft  gun  detachments 21 

P.  Engineers 21 

Headquarters  of  divisional  engineers  (new  armies) 21 

Base  Royal  engineer  park 22 

Railway  company  (construction) 22 

Field  searchlight  company 22 

Antiaircraft  searchlight  section 22 

A  tunnelling  company,  R.  E 22 

Bridging  train  (horsed  transport). 22 

Bridging  train  (mechanical  transport) 22 

A  labor  company  (Mediterranean) 23 

Field  squadron 23 

Pioneer  battalion  (new  armies) 23 

An  army  troops  company,  R.  E 23 

A  field  company  (new  armies) 23 

Railway  supply  detachment 23 

G.  Signal  service 24 

Cavalry  corps  signal  squadron 24 

Army  headquarters  signal  company... 24 

Army  corps  headquarters  signal  company 24 

Motor  wireless  section L 24 

Motor  air-line  section 24 

Cable  section 24 

H.  Transport  and  supply 24 

A  depot  unit  of  supply 24 

A  bakery  section 25 

An  auxiliary  horse  transport  company 25 

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4.  Great  Britain— Continued.  Pftge. 

Inland  water  transport  section 25 

An  auxiliary  mechanical  transport  company 26 

A  reserve  park  (mule  transport) 25 

A  reserve  park  (new  armies) 25 

A  workshop,  A.  S.  C,  for  the  motor  ambulance  cars  of  a  division. .  25 

I.  Medical  department 26 

A  field  ambulance  (new  armies) 26 

A  motor  ambulance  convoy 26 

A  casualty  clearing  station 26 

A  general  hospital  (1,040  beds) 26 

An  ambulance  train 26 

J,  Veterinary  service 27 

A  veterinary  hospital 27 

A  mobile  veterinary  section 27 

A  convalescent  horse  depot 27 

K.  Military  prisons 27 

Military  prisons  in  the  field 27 

L.  Army  service  corps 27 

Dockers'  battalian 27 

Foragers'  battalion. 27 

6.  Italy 28 

Armored  motor  machine-gun  cars 28 

Aviation  service 28 

Sanitary  service 28 

Transport  service 28 

6.  Japan 28 

7.  Turkey 28 

8.  Russia 28 

9.  Serbia 28 

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CHANGES  IN  ORGANIZATION  FOUND  NECESSARY 
DURING  PROGRESS  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  WAR. 


I.  INTRODUCTION. 

It  is  not  to  be  expected  that  all  of  the  changes  in  organization  found 
necessary  during  the  progress  of  the  European  war  to  date  can  be 
ascertained,  nor  that  all  the  details  of  such  changes  as  are  known  can 
be  accurately  stated.  This  for  the  reasons  that  such  matters  are 
not  willingly  divulged  by  belligerent  nations,  and  that  facilities  for 
obtaining  this  information  differ  with  the  several  countries  con- 
cerned. Definite  and  full  information  on  this  subject  can  not  be 
expected  until  after  the  close  of  the  war. 

Such  changes  as  have  been  ascertained  may  be  attributed  to  pri- 
mary causes  as  follows : 

(a)  The  unusual  magnitude  of  the  war  and  the  immense  terrain 
covered,  calling  for  the  solution  of  unusual  problems  in  logistics 
and  the  formation  of  higher  units  in  armies  that  have  been  abnor- 
mally expanded. 

(b)  The  first  application  of  the  science  of  aeronautics  in  any  war. 

(c)  The  increased  use  of  field  artillery  and  the  introduction  of 
armament  of  larger  calibers  heretofore  not  considered  mobile  or 
even  movable. 

(d)  The  increased  importance  and  use  of  machine  guns. 

(e)  The  improvement  and  increased  use  of  mechanical  transport. 
(/)  Changes  due  to  faulty  organization  discovered  by  countries 

not  well  prepared  before  the  war. 

Even  with  due  allowance  made  for  perhaps  greater  facilties  of 
information,  and  incomplete  returns  from  other  countries,  Great 
Britain  seems  to  have  found  more  changes  necessary  than  have  prob- 
ably been  made  in  any  other  country,  due,  as  was  to  be  expected, 
from  too  small  a  standing  army  in  peace,  and  too  much  dependence 
upon  raising  untrained  volunteer  armies  after  war  began. 

1.  AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 

By  decree  of  the  War  Office  of  June  8, 1914,  the  following  changes 
in  organization  of  troops  was  to  be  completed  by  March  1,  1915 : 

CHASSEURS. 

The  fourth  company  of  each  battalion,  formerly  converted  into  a 
cyclist  company,  was  to  be  reestablished. 

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CAVALRY. 

Eegiments  of  the  common  army  consist  of  6  troops  of  150  men 
each. 

Uhlan  regiments,  heretofore  having  only  5  troops,  increased  to  6 
troops  each. 

FIELD  ARTILLERY. 

(a)  Brigade  headquarters  established  for  the  existing  14  brigades 
of  field  artillery.  Field  gun  regiments  reduced  from  5  to  4  bat- 
teries— the  fifth  battery  transferred  to  raise  other  regiments  to  same 
strength. 

(6)  A  horse  artillery  division  (IJ  regiments)  of  3  batteries  to  be 
organized. 

(c)  Heavy  field  artillery  divisions  increased  from  2  batteries 
to  3  batteries. 

(d)  Siege  artillery,  formerly  organized  as  6  regiments  and  10 
separate  battalions,  of  4  companies  each.  Two  siege  artillery  brigade 
headquarters  organized.  A  seventh  regimental  siege  artillery  head- 
quarters organized.  One  siege  artillery  regiment  increased  from  6 
to  8  companies. 

The  field  artillery  has  a  makeshift  organization  at  present,  due  to 
large  increase  in  number  of  guns  per  1,000  rifles,  and  of  so  many 
types  and  characters.  Six  guns  to  1,000  rifles  are  now  provided,  but 
many  are  of  obsolete  pattern.  Some  regiments  now  have  as  many  as 
12  batteries.  Many  of  their  batteries  now  have  only  4  guns.  Bat- 
teries have  only  1  caisson  per  gun.  The  4  ammunition  trains  are 
to  be  reduced  to  2,  and  use  motor  trucks  in  place  of  the  2  in  rear, 
i.  e.,  2-horsed  ammunition  trains  (1  caisson  for  each  gun),  and  1 
motor-truck  train  carrying  the  equivalent  of  2  caissons  per  gun. 

DIVISIONAL  AND  CORPS  ARTILLERY. 

Each  landwehr  infantry  division  provided  with  a  brigade  of  field 
artillery  commanded  by  a  major  general,  and  consists  of  2  regi- 
ments— 1  field-gun  regiment  (4  batteries),  and  1  field-howitzer  regi- 
ment (4  batteries).    Each  battery,  6  pieces. 

Landwehr  divisions  have  the  same  strength  in  artillery  as  those 
of  the  common  army,  namely,  60  guns,  including  the  corps  artillery. 

ENGINEER  TROOPS. 

(a)   Sapper  battalions  increased  from  3  to  4  companies  each. 
(h)  A  cadre  for  an  experimental  sapper  battalion  established. 

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C03IMUNICATI0N    TROOPS. 

(a)  A  telegraph  regiment  of  4  battalions  of  4  companies  formed 
from  peace  cadre. 

(b)  An  additional  regiment  of  railway  troops  formed. 

CAVALRY  PONTON  TRAINS. 

Each  cavalry  troop  division  provided  with  a  ponton  train  of  four 
6-horse  vehicles  and  36  pioneers  for  crossing  rivers  by  boat,  or 
bridges  of  a  length  of  18  to  50  meters — 18  meters  of  "  riding " 
bridge,  or  50  meters  of  "walking"  bridge.  The  pioneer  section 
taken  from  one  of  the  4  regiments  forming  the  division. 

A^TATION   CORPS. 

Proposed  organization  into  a  brigade  of  2  regiments  of  the  16 
companies,  with  2  additional  companies  being  organized.  Formerly 
not  organized  into  battalions  or  higher  units. 

AERO  COMPANY. 

(Four  flying  machines  in  service  and  4  in  reserve.) 

Captain;  field  pilots  (2  officers  and  2  noncommissioned  officers) ; 
observers  (3  to  4  officers);  2  noncommissioned  officers;  1  photog- 
rapher; 5  chauffeurs,  flying;  12  machinists;  2  property  men;  4 
workmen;  5  chauffeurs,  auto;  50  train  soldiers,  20  to  30  guards 
(attached)  ;  total,  7  to  8  officers,  39  enlisted. 

Wireless  now  installed  on  flying  machines.  Current  generated  by 
dynamo  driven  by  belt  connection  with  propellers.  Sending  instru- 
ment in  observer's  compartment.  Antennae,  3  multiple  wires — 2 
extended  from  tip  of  tail  to  wing  tips  and  third  carried  on  reel  and 
payed  out  after  rising,  with  plumb-bob  to  hold  it  free  from  machine. 

Latest  flying  machines  are  armored  with  steel  to  protect  against 
rifle  and  shrapnel  bullets  when  flying  at  1,200  meters  or  higher.  Ar- 
mor covers  entire  body  occupied  by  crew  and  motor. 

SIGNAL  TROOPS. 

Material  increase  in  allotment  of  signal  troops  since  war  began. 

(a)  Field  telegraph  platoon  (4  sections)  consists  of  5  officers,  135 
enlisted,  60  horses,  5  station  wagons,  and  11  material  wagons. 

(h)  Corps  telephone  platoon  (4  sections)  consists  of  3  officers,  50 
enlisted,  20  horses,  9  station  wagons,  and  9  material  wagons. 

(c)  Division  telephone  platoon  (2  sections)  consists  of  3  officers, 
90  enlisted,  23  horses,  5  station  wagons,  and  5  material  wagons. 

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Infantry  companies,  artillery  batteries,  pioneer,  and  railway  com- 
panies equipped  with  telephones. 

Cavalry  regiments  equipped  with  telegraph  instruments. 
(d)  Assignment  to  higher  units. 


Telegraph 
stations. 


Telephone 
stations. 


Visual 
stations. 


Telegraph 
wire. 


Telephone 
wire. 


Superior  command 

Field  army 

Corps 

Infantry  division 

Cavalry  division 

Mountain  brigade 

Mountain  Infantry  division. 


Kilometer  a: 
80 
160 
80 


Kilometers. 


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To  the  field  army  is  assigned  a  special  platoon,  for  repairs,  as  a 
reserve,  and  to  handle  special  equipment. 

In  principle,  each  subdivision  connects  up  with  the  next  higher 
command.  In  practice,  when  possible,  aid  is  given  the  next  lower 
command. 

MOBILE  AUTOMOBILE  REPAIR  SHOP. 

One  or  two  for  each  field  army. 

Organization  increased  by  16  additional  enlisted  specialists. 

New  features  added  to  equipment  of  latest  type;  second  dynamo 
and  gasoline  engine  added,  electric  lighting  apparatus  extended, 
windlass  turned  by  auto  motor. 

MACHINE-GUN  ORGANIZATION'S. 

{a)  Infantry. — Each  battalion  has  a  platoon  of  4  machine  guns 
instead  of  2  provided  before  the  war  began.  In  practice,  organiza- 
tions gather  in  all  the  machine  guns  they  can.  To  keep  the  troops 
supplied  with  machine  guns  in  working  order,  a  repair  and  supply 
depot  is  maintained  at  the  advance  depot,  where  guns  are  issued  and 
repaired,  pack  saddles  and  other  equipment  exchanged  or  replaced. 

{h)  Cavalry, — Each  regiment  has  a  machine-gun  platoon  of  4 
guns,  formerly  the  allowance  for  a  cavalry  division  of  4  regiments. 


2.  FRANCE. 

HEAVY  MOVABLE  ARTILLERY. 

Organization  not  known. 

Armament:  305-millimeter  (12-inch)  navy  gun,  mounted  on  and 
fired  from  specially  constructed  railroad  car.  Projectile  weighs 
848  kilos  (767  pounds),  with  108  kilos  (238  pounds)  bursting  charge. 

Six  such  guns  said  to  have  been  completed  or  under  construction. 

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SCHNEIDER   MOBILE   BATTERY. 

Organization  not  known. 

Armament:  2  howitzers,  caliber  200  millimeters  (7.9-inch),  each 
mounted  on  and  fired  from  a  truck  carriage,  an  ammuniton  carriage 
and  a  carriage  for  the  personnel,  with  an  apparatus  for  observation 
(a  sort  of  mast).  Together  this  forms  a  train  of  4  carriages  that  a 
locomotive  can  draw  on  a  normal  line. 

CAVALRY. 

Cavalry  of  all  kinds,  for  service  as  infantry  in  trenches,  is  pro- 
vided with  bayonets  for  their  carbines.  The  lance  is  still  retained 
for  cavalry  service  proper. 

Each  cavalry  division  in  addition  to  its  6  regiments,  400  cyclists, 
and  3  batteries  of  artillery,  has  a  "  light  group  "  of  1,000  dismounted 
men,  intended  to  accompany  the  cavalry,  usually  in  automobiles. 

Each  cavalry  regiment  has  a  machine-gun  section  of  2  guns  drawn 
by  horses. 

Each  army  has  from  4  to  6  veterinary  hospitals. 

3.  GERMANY. 

THE  4  2-CENTIMETER  HOWITZER  BATTERY    (KRUPP), 

Organization  not  reported. 

Armament:  42-centimeter  (16.5-inch)  howitzer,  mounted  on  car- 
riages hauled  by  motor  tractors,  loaded  wagons  average  15  tons; 
motor  tractors  also  15-ton.  Shell  weighs  820  kilograms  (1,800 
pounds).  Most  effective  range  9,400  meters.  Used  as  heavy  field 
artillery. 

DEPOT  BATTALIONS. 

Originally  designed  to  complete  and  supply  personnel  for  and 
replace  wastage  in  3  regiments;  have,  since  the  war  began,  been  ex- 
panded to  maintain  4  to  6  regiments  each. 

AERO   COMPANIES. 

Equipped  with  6  flying  machines. 

Officers  are  observers  and  pilots.    But  noncommissioned  oflScers  are 
trained  as  pilots  for  replacement  of  casualties. 
All  mechanical  transport. 

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AUTOMOBILE   PARK. 

(Repair  shop — fixed  and  mobile.) 

Personnel:  1  captain  (taken  from  the  railway  regiments),  2  lieu- 
tenants (1  from  the  cavalry  and  1  from  the  artillery)  and  about  400 
men  (from  recruit  depots,  most  of  them  skilled  workmen). 

Plant  (fixed) :  Buildings  arranged  on  a  rectangle  including  car- 
penter, painting  and  glazing,  machine,  vulcanizing,  blacksmith  and 
oxy-acetylene  welding  shops;  (mobile):  inclosed  motor  trucks, 
parked,  and  contain  repair  shops  and  appliances  which  follow  the 
movements  of  an  army. 

New  organization. 

4.  GREAT  BRITAIN. 

A.  General  and  Army  Headquarters. 

GENERAL    HEADQUARTERS     (THREE    ECHELONS), 

First  eschelon : 

Personnel :  36  officers,  25  clerks,  91  rank  and  file ;  total,  152. 

Transport:  8  motor  cars,  3  motor  vans  (for  G.  S.,  A.  G.,  Q.  M.  G., 
any  pay  branches).    Total  vehicles,  11. 

Second  echelon: 

Personnel :  4  officers,  36  enlisted ;  total,  40. 

Transport:  1  bicycle,  3  motor  cars,  1  cart,  1  motor  van  (P.  O.  and 
medical  branches) ;  total  vehicles,  6. 

Third  echelon  (Adjutant  general's  office)  : 

Personnel :  29  officers,  229  clerks,  31  rank  and  file ;  total,  289. 

Transport:  1  motor  car. 

Organization  materially  changed. 

HEADQUARTERS  OF  AN  ARMY   (TWO  OR  MORE  DIVISIONS). 

Personnel:  19  officers,  73  enlisted;  total  92.  (If  at  some  distance 
from  general  headquarters,  or  on  separate  lines  of  communication, 
an  extra  G.  S.  officer  added  for  censorship  work.) 

Transport:  1  bicycle,  6  motor  cars  (1  for  chaplain),  2  motor  vans 
(medical  equipment  and  baggage). 

New  organization  connected  with  general  headquarters. 

GENERAL  HEADQUARTERS  AMMUNITION  PARK,. 

(One  mechanical  transport  company,  A.  S.  C.) 
Army  service  corps  personnel :  7  officers,  366  enlisted ;  total,  373. 
Artillery  attached  personnel:  1  officer,  115  enlisted;  total,  116. 
Grand  total,  489. 

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Transport:  4  motor  cars,  8  motorcycles  (3  with  side  cars),  3  lor- 
ries (workshop),  3  lorries  (store),  125  lorries,  3-ton  (4  first-aid,  16 
spare,  105  ammunition) ;  total  vehicles,  143. 

Capacity  of  a  3-ton  lorry :  225  rounds  of  18-pounder,  or  120  rounds 
4.5-inch,  or  80  rounds  4.7-inch,  or  90  rounds  60-pounder,  or  80,000 
small-arms  ammunition. 

New  organization. 

A  PRINTING   COMPANY. 

Headquarters,  general  headquarters  section,  inspector  general  of 
communications  section,  and  army  section  (1  for  each  army). 

Personnel:  1  officer  (headquarters),  and  1  (for  each  army),  2 
enlisted  (headquarters),  17  enlisted  (general  headquarters  section), 
5  enlisted  (I.-G.  C.  section),  14  enlisted  (each  army). 

Transport:  1  motor  car  for  photographic  equipment  and  1  lorry, 
3-ton,  each  army  section  for  printing  and  lithographic  equipment. 

Organization  materially  changed. 

B.  Army  and  Corps  Headquarters. 

HEADQUARTERS  OF  AN  ARMY    (TWO  OR  MORE  CORPS). 

Personnel :  31  officers,  106  enlisted ;  total,  137. 

Transport:  8  motor  cars,  1  motor  lorry  (for  electric-lighting  ap- 
paratus), 2  motor  vans  (medical  equipment,  baggage,  etc.);  total 
vehicles,  11. 

New  organization. 

HEADQUARTERS  OF  AN  ARMY  CORPS    (TWO  OR  MORE  DIVISIONS). 

Personnel :  17  officers,  72  enlisted ;  total,  89. 

Transport:  5  motor  cars,  1  motor  lorry  (for  electric-lighting  ap- 
paratus), 2  motor  vans  (medical  equipment,  baggage,  etc.). 
New  organization.    Similar  to  former  army  headquarters. 

ARMY    TROOPS    SUPPLY    COLUMN     (PROVISIONAL). 

Personnel :  3  officers,  56  enlisted ;  total,  59. 

Transport:  1  motor  car,  1  motorcycle,  5  lorries,  30-hundredweight, 
1  lorry  (workshop),  1  lorry  (store). 
New  organization. 

CORPS  TROOPS   SUPPLY  COLUMN. 

Personnel :  5  officers,  68  enlisted ;  total,  73. 

Transport:  2  motor  cars,  2  motorcycles,  6  lorries,  3-ton,  2  lorries, 
30-hundredweight,  1  lorry  (workshop),  1  lorry  (store). 
New  organization. 

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THE  CAVALRT  CORPS. 

As  originally  organized  the  cavalry  of  the  expeditionary  force,  ex- 
clusive of  the  divisional  cavalry,  consisted  of  1  division  of  4  brigades, 
and  1  brigade  (the  fifth)  in  addition. 

This  has  been  changed  to  a  cavalry  corps  of  3  divisions  of  3 
brigades  each.  The  3-brigade  division  was  found  from  experience 
to  be  a  handier  and  more  mobile  command  unit  than  the  4-brigade 
division. 

CAVALRY  CORPS  TROOPS. 

One  squadron  of  cavalry  for  headquarters  duty ;  one  signal  squad- 
ron for  intercommunication;  one  detachment  of  military  mounted 
police  for  provost  duty;  one  detachment,  Army  Service  Corps,  for 
headquarters  transport. 

MACHINE-GUN  CORPS    (nEW  ORGANIZATION,   1915). 

Three  branches:  (a)  Cavalry  of  the  line;  (h)  infantry  of  the  line; 
(c)  motor  machine-gun  service. 

Cavalry  and  infantry  branches,  organized  as  brigade  machine-gun 
squadrons  and  companies. 

Motor  machine-gun  service,  organized  as  machine-gun  batteries  of 
4  armored  cars  of  2  guns  each. 

Machine-gun  company  (16  guns) :  9  officers,  1  warrant  officer,  10 
staff  sergeants  and  sergeants,  2  artificers,  128  rank  and  file  (2  at- 
tached) ;  total,  150. 

Company  composed  of  4  sections  of  4  guns  each. 

Personnel :  2  officers,  2  staff  sergeants  and  sergeants,  25  rank  and 
tile. 

Animals:  9  horses,  riding;  43  horses,  draft;  4  bicycles. 

This  machine-gun  corps  is  in  addition  to  the  machine-gun  sections 
(4  guns)  with  each  infantry  battalion  and  cavalry  regiment,  making 
48  machine  guns  with  each  infantry  division  and  cavalry  division. 

This  machine-gun  corps  is  said  to  be  similar  to  the  German 
organization. 

C.  Infantry. 

HEADQUARTERS  OF  A  DIVISION    (nEW  ARMIES ). 

Personnel:  22  officers  (1  major  general,  2  aids,  6  staff,  7  other 
personnel,  5  veterinary,  and  1  interpreter),  12  clerks,  86  enlisted; 
total,  120. 

Transport:  6  motor  cars,  1  cart,  4  wagons  (cooks,  baggage,  and 
supplies),  1  motor  lorry  for  electric  lighting  apparatus,  6  bicycles. 
Total  vehicles,  12. 

Change  and  increase  in  personnel  and  transport  over  regular  estab- 
lishment. 

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HEADQUARTERS  OF  AN  INFANTRY  BRIGADE    (nEW  ARMIES). 

Personnel:  8  officers  (1  brigadier  general,  2  staff,  3  chaplains,  1 
brigade  machine-gun  officer,  1  signal  officer  attached),  3  clerks,  22 
enlisted;  total,  33. 

Transport:  4  wagons  (cooks,  baggage,  and  stores),  2  wagons  (in- 
trenching tools),  7  bicycles.     Total  vehicles,  6. 

Change  and  increase  in  personnel  and  transport  over  regular 
establishment. 

AN  INFANTRY  BATTALION    (NEW  ARMIES). 

Personnel:  30  officers  (5  headquarters,  1  machine-gun  section,  24 
company,  6  each),  995  enlisted;  total,  1,025. 

Transport:  Headquarters,  9  bicycles  for  signalers,  4  carts,  7 
wagons,  limbered,  for  tools  and  small-arms  ammunition;  machine- 
gun  section,  2  wagons  for  4  guns,  tripods,  ammunition,  2  wagons  for 
ammunition,  and  4  ammunition  pack  saddles  for  lead  horses ;  4  com- 
panies, 8  pack  mules  for  ammunition  (2  per  company),  4  traveling 
kitchens,  6  wagons  for  baggage,  stores,  etc.    Total  vehicles,  28. 

Change  and  increase  in  personnel  and  transports  mainly  due  to 
increase  in  machine  guns  from  2  to  4  per  section. 

DIVISIONAL  AMMUNITION  PARK   (NEW  ARMIES). 

One  mechanical  transport  company,  A.  S.  C. 

Personnel :  6  officers,  364  enlisted ;  total  A.  S.  C,  370.  Artillery 
attached,  1  officer,  77  enlisted;  total,  78.  Grand  total,  7  officers, 
435  enlisted;  total,  448. 

Transport:  5  motor  cars,  9  motorcycles,  4  workshop  lorries,  4  store 
lorries.  Lorries,  3-ton :  17  for  stores,  spares,  first-aid  and  reliefs, 
32  for  18-pounder,  12  for  4.5-inch,  3  for  60-pounder,  20  for  S.  A.  A. 
Divisible  into  4  sections. 

Change  and  increase  in  personnel  and  mechanical  transport. 

AN  AMMUNITION  SUBPARK  FOR  DIVISIONS    (NEW  ARMIES). 

One  mechanical  transport  company,  A.  S.  C. 

Personnel :  4  officers,  164  enlisted ;  total,  168.  Artillery  attached, 
37  enlisted.    Grand  total,  205. 

Transport:  3  motor  cars,  6  motorcycles,  1  workshop  lorry,  1  store 
lorry.  Lorries,  3-ton:  10  for  first-aid,  artillery  and  engineer  stores, 
spares  for  reliefs,  1  for  13-pounder,  16  for  18-pounder,  4  for  4.5-inch 
and  11  for  S.  A.  A.  Divisible  into  2  sections.  Capacity :  280  rounds 
13-pounder,  3,600  rounds  18-pounder,  480  rounds  4.5-inch  howitzer, 
and  840,000  rounds  S.  A.  A. 

New  organization. 

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DIVISIONAL   TRAIN     (NEW    ARMIES), 

Four-horse  transport  companies,  A.  S.  C. 

Organization:  Headquarters,  headquarters  company,  and  3  other 
companies. 

Personnel :  25  officers,  482  enlisted ;  total,  507. 

Transport:  For  headquarters  and  headquarters  company,  31  bi- 
cycles, 5  carts,  23  wagons,  and  4  motor  cars.    Total  vehicles,  64. 

Baggage  section :  98  wagons  (for  attachment  to  the  several  units  of 
the  division  as  baggage  train). 

Supply  section:  83  wagons  (for  attachment  to  the  several  units 
of  the  division  as  supply  train). 

Total  vehicles,  245.  For  each  infantry  battalion  allotted  to  this 
division,  6  G.  S.  wagons  additional. 

Modification  of  regular  establishment  organization.  Increased 
personnel. 

DIVISIONAL   SUPPLY   COLUMN    (NEW   ARMIES), 

One  mechanical  transport  company,  A.  S.  C. 

Personnel :  5  officers,  312  enlisted ;  total,  317. 

Transport:  2  motor  cars,  7  motorcycles,  45  lorries  (3-ton),  14 
lorries   (30-hundredweight),  2  workshop  lorries,  2  store  lorries. 

Modification  of  regular  establishment  organization.  Increased 
personnel  and  change  in  transport. 

CYCLIST   COMPANY,  DIVISIONAL  MOUNTED  TROOPS    (NEW   ARMIES). 

Personnel :  8  officers,  196  enlisted ;  total,  204. 

Transport:  202  bicycles,  1  cart,  1  wagon  (ammunition),  2  wagons 
(baggage  and  supplies).    Total  vehicles,  4. 
New  organization. 

D.  Cavalry. 

THE    CAVALRY   DIVISION. 

The  proportion  of  officers  to  men  in  the  cavalry  is  1  to  22 ;  in  the 
infantry  it  is  1  to  33.5. 

Cavalry  field  ambulances  reduced  from  4  to  3. 

The  guns  of  the  first  line  transport,  horse  artillery  brigade  ammu- 
nition columns,  have  been  assigned  to  the  brigades;  one  battery, 
reduced  from  6  to  4  guns  and  changed  from  13-pounders  to  18- 
pounders,  is  assigned  to  each  brigade. 

The  cavalry  ammunition  parks  (M.  T.)  and  the  cavalry  supply 
ijolumns  (M.  T.),  formerly  units  of  the  lines  of  communication,  have 
been  transferred  to  the  field  troops. 

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Mobile  veterinary  sections,  one  to  each  brigade  or  3  to  the  division, 
have  been  added  to  the  cavalry  division  troops. 

HEADQUARTERS   OF   A    CAVALHY   BRIGADE. 

(With  cavalry  division.) 

Personnel:  1  brigadier  general,  1  aid,  2  staff,  1  brigade  machine- 
gun  officer,  and  4  others ;  total,  8 ;  enlisted,  45 ;  grand  total,  53. 

Transport:  1  motor  car,  7  bicycles,  3  wagons;  total  vehicles,  11. 

Principal  change:  Increase  in  commissioned  personnel  (machine- 
gun  officer  and  1  other)  and  enlisted  (from  41  to  45). 

THE  CAVALRY  BRIGADE. 

Headquarters;  3  cavalry  regiments;  1  battery,  horse  artillery;  1 
signal  troop. 

THE  CAVALRY  REGIMENT. 

Headquarters,  machine-gun  section,  4  guns,  and  3  squadrons. 

Personnel :  26  officers,  551  enlisted ;  total,  577. 

Horses:  534  riding,  89  draft,  6  pack;  total,  629. 

Transport :  Headquarters,  3  bicycles,  3  carts,  2  wagons  (cooks  and 
baggage).  Machine-gun  section,  8  wagons  (for  materiel,  ammuni- 
tion, and  12  pack  saddles  for  use  with  lead  horses).  Squadrons  (3), 
9  wagons  (1  each  squadron  for  ammunition,  tools,  and  baggage),  12 
bicycles  (4  per  squadron),  for  intercommunication.  Total  ve- 
hicles, 37. 

Principal  changes:  Increase  in  personnel  (28),  machine  guns 
(from  2  to  4),  and  transport  vehicles  (from  33  to  37). 

As  in  the  infantry  battalion,  the  machine  guns  with  the  regiment 
have  been  doubled— 4  instead  of  2  guns. 

THE  CAVALRY  SQUADRON. 

Two  trumpeters  replaced  by  privates. 

Interpreters  provided. 

Trumpet  signals  are  not  used  in  the  field. 

CAVALRY  SQUADRON    (DIVISIONAL  MOUNTED  TROOPS)     (NEW  ARMIES). 

Personnel :  6  officers,  152  enlisted ;  total,  158. 
Horses:  148  riding,  11  draft,  2  pack. 

Transport:  1  cart,  9  wagons;  total  vehicles,  10  (3  wagons  and  6 
horses,  heavy  draft,  provided  by  Army  Service  Corps). 
New  organization. 

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CAVALRY   DIVISION    SIGNAL   SQUADRON, 

Personnel :  3  officers,  42  enlisted ;  total,  45. 

Transport :  2  motor  cars,  1  wagon. 

Total  vehicles  3,  bicycles  14,  motorcycles  12. 

Horses :  15  riding,  6  draft. 

New  organization. 

REMOUNT   UNITS. 

(a)  A  headquarters : 

Personnel :  5  officers,  16  enlisted ;  total,  21. 

(b)  A  remount  squadron: 

Personnel:  4  officers,  197  enlisted  (including  40  privates,  rough- 
riders)  ;  total,  201. 

Transport:  Headquarters,  1  wagon;  squadron,  2  wagons;  total  ve- 
hicles, 3. 

New  organization. 

E.  Artillery. 

ARMY  ARTILLERY  BRIGADE  HEADQUARTERS. 

(Horse  and  tractor  drawn.) 
Personnel :  5  officers,  29  enlisted ;  total,  34. 

Transport:  1  bicycle,  2  carts,  1  wagon  (telephone),  1  wagon  (bag- 
gage) ;  total  vehicles,  4. 
New  organization. 

ARMY    ARTILLERY    AMMUNITION    PARK. 

(4.7-inch  or  60-pounder  gun  ammunition,  or  both.) 

One  mechanical  transport  company.  Army  Service  Corps. 

1.  Army  service  corps  details. 

Personnel :  4  officers,  140  enlisted ;  total,  144. 

Artillery  personnel  attached :  1  officer,  32  enlisted ;  total,  33.  Grand 
total,  5  officers,  172  enlisted ;  total,  177. 

Transport:  3  motor  cars,  6  motorcycles,  1  workshop  lorry,  1  store 
lorry,  34  lorries,  3-ton  (26  for  ammunition). 

Capacity  3-ton  lorry :  80  rounds  4.7-inch  or  90  rounds  60-pounder. 

New  organization. 

HEADQUARTERS  OF  DIVISIONAL  ARTILLERY   (NEW  ARMIES). 

Personnel :  4  officers,  21  enlisted ;  total,  25. 

Transport:  1  motor  car,  3  bicycles,  2  wagons  (baggage  and  sup- 
plies).   Total  vehicles,  4. 

Change:  Increase  in  personnel  and  transport  over  regular  estab- 
lishment. 

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DIVISIONAL    AMMUNITION    COLUMN     (nEW    ARMIES). 

Personnel:  (Headquarters  and  3  sections),  12  officers,  537  enlisted; 
total,  549. 

Transport:  5  bicycles,  3  carts,  57  wagons  (18-pounder),  12  wagons 
(4.5-inch  howitzer),  24  wagons  (small  arms),  12  wagons  (store, 
l^aggage,  and  supplies) ;  total  vehicles,  104. 

New  organization. 

HEAVY    ARTILLERY    RESERVE    GROUP    HEADQUARTERS. 

Personnel :  4  officers,  26  enlisted ;  total,  30. 

Transport:   2   motor  cars,  3  motorcycles,   1  lorry    (30-hundred- 
weight) ;  total,  vehicles,  6. 
New  organization. 

HEAVY  ARTILLERY  BATTERY  AND  AMMUNITION   COLUMN    (R.  Q.   A.)     (60- 
POUNDERB.  L.)    (NEW  ARMIES). 

Personnel :  6  officers,  199  enlisted ;  total,  205. 

Transport :  4  gun  carriages,  1  bicycle,  1  cart,  12  wagons  with  lim- 
bers (ammunition),  4  wagons  (ammunition),  7  wagons  (stores,  bag- 
gage, etc.) ;  total  vehicles,  26. 

New  organization. 

PACK  ARTILLERY  BRIGADE  AMMUNITION  PARK. 

One  mechanical  transport  company.  Army  Service  Corps. 
1.  Army  service  corps  details. 
Personnel :  1  officer,  90  enlisted ;  total,  91. 
Artillery  attached :  1  officer,  10  enlisted. 
Grand  total :  2  officers,  101  enlisted ;  total,  103. 
Transport:  1  motor  car,  3  motorcycles,  19  lorries  (3-ton),  1  lorry 
(workshop),  1  lorry  (store) ;  total  vehicles,  25. 
New  organization. 

A  FIELD  ARTILLERY   BRIGADE. 

(Four  batteries,  each  four  18-pounder  Q.  F.  guns.) 

Headquarters,  4  batteries  and  ammunition  column. 

Personnel :  26  officers,  732  enlisted;  total,  758. 

Transport:  16  gun  carriages,  6  bicycles,  11  carts,  48  wagons  with 
limbers  (ammunition),  12  wagons  (small-arms  ammunition),  19 
wagons  (stores,  baggage,  etc.) ;  total  vehicles,  98.  ^i«>  1 

Changed  from  3  batteries  of  6  guns  to  4  batteries  of  4  guns  each. 

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FIELD  ARTILLERY    (HOWITZER)    BRIGADE    (NEW  ARMIES), 

Four  batteries  and  ammunition  column. 

(Q.  F.  4.5-inch  howitzer  equipment.) 

Personnel :  23  officers,  688  enlisted ;  total,  711. 

Transport:  16  carriages,  howitzer,  with  limbers,  6  bicycles,  11 
carts,  48  wagons  with  limbers  (ammunition),  16  wagons  (stores,  bag- 
gage, etc.) ;  total  vehicles,  83. 

Changed  from  3  batteries  of  6  howitzers  to  4  batteries  of  4  howitz- 
ers each. 

SIEGE    ARTILLERY    BRIGADE    (MEDIUM). 

With  mechanical  transport. 
Headquarters  and  two  batteries,  R.  G.  A. 
Each  armed  with  four  9.2-inch  B.  L.  howitzers. 
Personnel:  23  officers,  768  enlisted;  total,  791. 
Transport:  7  motor  cars,  31  motorcycles,  76  lorries  (3-ton),  2  lor- 
ries, 30-hundredweight,  10  "  Holt "  tractors ;  total  vehicles,  126. 
Changed  from  4  batteries  each  of  four  6-inch  howitzers. 

SIEGE   ARTILLERY    BRIGADE    (MEDIUM). 

With  mechanical  transport. 

Headquarters  and  2  batteries,  R.  G.  A.,  each  armed  with  four 
8-inch  B.  L.  howitzers. 

Personnel :  23  officers,  651  enlisted ;  total,  674. 

Transport:  7  motor  cars,  25  motorcycles,  45  lorries,  3  ton,  1  lorry 
(30-hundredweight),  10  "Holt"  tractors;  total  vehicles,  88. 

Changed  from  4  batteries  each  of  four  6-inch  howitzers. 

SIEGE    ARTILLERY    BRIGADE     (LIGHT). 

Headquarters,  2  or  3  batteries,  each  with  four  6-inch  howitzers, 
and  ammunition  column,  R.  G.  A. 

Personnel:  19  officers,  535  enlisted;  total,  554.     (For  2  batteries.) 

Transport:  8  carriages  with  limbers,  9  carts,  20  wagons  for  am- 
munition and  technical  stores,  26  petrol  lorries,  2  motor  cars,  4 
motorcycles,  5  wagons  (baggage  and  stores) ;  total  vehicles,  69. 

Changed  from  4  batteries  each  of  four  6-inch  howitzers. 

MOUNTAIN  ARTILLERY  BRIGADE,  R.  G.  A.,  AND  AMMUNITION  COLUMN. 

Headquarters,  3  batteries  each  of  six  2.75  B.  L.  guns,  and  am- 
munition column. 

Personnel:  23  officers,  997  enlisted;  total,  1,020. 

Animals:  62  horses,  riding;  83  horses,  draft;  20  horses,  draft, 
heavy;  490  pack  mules. 

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Transport:  5  bicycles,  5  carts,  12  wagons  (ammunition,  technical 
stores),  9  wagons  (baggage  and  stores) ;  total  vehicles,  31. 
New  organization. 

ARMORED   MOTOR   BATTERY. 

(Four  armored  cars,  each  with  2  machine  guns.) 

Personnel :  4  officers,  56  enlisted ;  total,  60. 

Transport:  4  armored  cars,  2  motor  cars  (baggage  and  supplies), 
1  lorry,  30-hundredweight  (ammunition) ;  1  lorry,  3-ton  (workshop 
and  store) ;  19  motorcycles,  1  motor  car;  total  vehicles,  28. 

New  organization. 

jiotor  machine-gun  battery. 

(Six  machine  guns.) 

Personnel :  4  officers,  55  enlisted ;  total,  59. 

Transport:  4  motorcycles  (officers),  5  motorcycles  (scouts),  18 
motorcycles  with  side  cars  (6  for  guns,  12  for  men  and  ammunition), 
3  motor  cars  (with  box  bodies)  for  spare  men  and  ammunition,  2 
motor  cars  (with  box  bodies)  for  baggage  and  supplies;  total  ve- 
hicles, 32. 

New  organization. 

ANTIAIRCRAFT  GUN  DETACHMENT. 

(Two  13-pounder  Q.  F.  guns.)  i 

Personnel :  2  officers,  41  enlisted ;  total,  43. 

Transport:  2  motor  cars  for  guns,  4  lorries  (30-hundredweight)  for 
ammunition,  1  motor  vehicle  for  personnel,  1  motor  car,  1  motor- 
cycle.    Total  vehicles,  9. 

New  organization. 

WORKSHOP  rOR  SIX  ANTIAIRCRAFT   GUN   DETACHMENT. 

(13-pounder  Q.  F.  guns.     Capable  of  division  into  two  sections.) 

Personnel :  2  officers,  43  enlisted ;  total,  45. 

Transport:  2  motor  cars,  5  motorcycles,  2  lorries  (workshop),  2 
lorries  (store),  2  lorries  (30-hundredweight)  for  personnel  and  first 
aid.     Total  vehicles,  13.  »,;iiA^ci^  ^  ,.,    ^    jh  ^.;:^u  \ 

New  organization. 

F.  Engineers. 

HEADQUARTERS   OF  DIVISIONAL  ENGINEERS    (nEW  ARMIES ). 

Personnel :  3  officers,  1  clerk,  9  enlisted ;  total,  13. 
Transport :  1  bicycle,  1  cart,  2  wagons. 
Organization  similar  to  that  of  regular  service. 

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BASE  ROYAL  ENGINEER  PARK. 

Personnel:  9  officers,  241  enlisted;  total,  250. 
New  organization. 

RAILWAY  COMPANY    (CONSTRUCTION). 

Personnel :  6  officers,  249  enlisted ;  total,  255. 
Transport:  2  motorcycles,  2  motor  lorries. 
Principal  change  in  transport :  From  horse  to  motor. 

FIELD  SEARCHLIGHT  COMPANY. 

Personnel :  4  officers,  88  enlisted ;  total,  92. 

Transport:  5  power  lorries,  4  30-hundredweight  lorries,  1  motor 
car,  6  limbers. 
New  organization. 

ANTIAIRCRAfT  SEARCHLIGHT  SECTION. 

Personnel :  1  officer,  22  enlisted ;  total,  23. 
Transport:  1  30-hundredweight  lorry. 
New  organization. 

A  TUNNELING  COMPANY,  R.  B. 

(Headquarters  and  4  sections,  each  3  reliefs.) 

Personnel :  14  officers,  325  enlisted ;  total,  339. 

Transport:  6  bicycles,  13  motorcycles,  3  lorries  (3-ton)  for  stores, 
tools,  and  baggage,  1  lorry  (30-hundredweight),  1  box  car  (15- 
hundredweight),  1  water  cart,  4  wagons,  G.  S.  (train)  for  supplies; 
total  vehicles,  29. 

New  organization. 

BRIDGING  TRAIN    (hORSED  TRANSPORT). 

Personnel:  8  officers,  193  enlisted  (mounted)  and  36  (dismounted) ; 
total,  237. 

Transport:  1  bicycle,  3  carts,  55  wagons  (equipment),  2  wagons 
(supplies) ;  total  vehicles,  59. 

Slight  change  in  personnel  and  vehicles. 

BRIDGING  TRAIN    (MECHANICAL  TRANSPORT). 

Personnel :  6  officers,  175  enlisted ;  total,  181. 

Transport :  4  motor  cars,  6  motorcycles,  50  wagons  (convertible  for 
horse  or  mechanical  transport),  32  lorries  (quadruple  drive);  total 
vehicles^  86. 

New  organization. 

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A    LABOR    COMPANY     (MEDITERRANEAN). 

Personnel :  2  officers,  258  enlisted ;  total,  260. 

Transport :  1  water  cart,  2  wagons,  G.  S.,  for  tools,  baggage,  and 
supplies. 

New  organization.    Officers,  Royal  Engineers. 

FIELD   SQUADRON. 

Headquarters  and  4  troops. 

Personnel :  7  officers,  186  enlisted ;  total,  193. 

Transport:  Headquarters,  2  carts,  8  wagons  (6  for  bridge  mate- 
rial) ;  total,  10  vehicles. 

For  4  troops :  8  carts,  8  wagons ;  total  vehicles,  16 ;  grand  total,  26 ; 
vehicles. 

Changes  in  personnel  and  equipment. 

PIONEER  BATTALION    (NEW  ARMIES). 

Headquarters,  machine-gun  section,  4  guns  and  4  companies. 
Personnel :  30  officers,  1,008  enlisted ;  total,  1,038. 
Horses :  12  riding,  60  draft,  9  draft,  heavy,  98  pack  mules. 
Transport:  9  bicycles  for  signalers,  4  carts,  26  wagons;  total  ve- 
hicles, 32. 
New  organization. 


Personnel :  3  officers,  146  enlisted ;  total,  149. 

Transport :  3  motorcycles  with  side  cars,  10  bicycles,  4  carts,  tool, 
5  wagons,  2  lorries,  3-ton ;  total  vehicles,  23. 
New  organization. 

A    FIELD    COMPANY    (NEW    ARMIES). 

Headquarters  and  4  sections. 

Personnel:  6  officers,  223  enlisted  (54  mounted,  169  dismounted). 

Transport:  33  bicycles,  9  carts  (water  and  tool),  19  wagons 
(searchlights,  pontoons,  trestles,  technical  stores,  and  baggage)  ;  total 
vehicles,  52. 

New  organization. 

RAILWAY  SUPPLY  DETACHMENT, 

Personnel :  3  officers,  18  enlisted ;  total,  21, 
New  organization. 

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'  '' ' '  G.  Signal  Service. 

CAVALRY    CX)RP8    SIGNAL    SQUADRON. 

Headquarters  and  2  troops. 
Personnel :  10  officers,  184  enlisted ;  total,  194. 
Transport:  4  wagons,  3  lorries,  7  motor  cars;  total,  14  vehicles. 
New  organization:  2  troops  instead  of  4,  as  per  normal  signal 
squadron. 

ARMY   HEADQUARTERS    SIGNAL   COMPANY. 

Personnel :  7  officers,  142  enlisted ;  total,  149. 

Transport:   7   loi^ies    (1-ton,   30-hundredweight,   and   3-ton);   3 
motor  cars;  total  vehicles,  10. 

Principal  change,  increase  in  personnel  and  all  motor  transport. 

ARMY    CORPS    HEADQUARTERS    SIGNAL    COMPANY. 

Personnel :  5  officers,  73  enlisted ;  total,  78. 

Transport:  4  lorries   (1-ton  and  3-ton),  2  motor  cars;  total  ve- 
hicles, 6. 

New  organization. 

MOTOR   WIRELESS   SECTION. 

Personnel :  1  officer,  27  enlisted ;  total,  28. 

Transport:  2  wagons,  motor  wireless,  2  lorries,  30-hundredweight; 
total  vehicles,  4. 
New  organization. 

MOTOR   AIR-LINE    SECTION. 

Personnel:  1  officer,  50  enlisted;  total,  51. 

Transport:  5  lorries  (3-ton  and  30-hundredweight),  1  motor  car 
(light)  ;  total  vehicles,  6. 
New  organization. 

CABLE   SECTION. 

Personnel :  1  officer,  35  enlisted ;  total,  36. 

Transport :  2  wagons,  cable,  2  limbered ;  total  vehicles,  4, 

New  organization. 

H.  Transport  and  Supply. 

A  DEPOT  UNIT   OF   SUPPLY. 

Personnel :  1  officer,  13  enlisted ;  total,  14. 
New  organization. 

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A  BAKERY   SECTION, 

Personnel :  2  sergeants,  2  corporals,  11  privates ;  total,  15. 
New  organization. 

AN  AUXILIARY  HORSE  TRANSPORT  COMPANY. 

(Two-horsed  wagons.    Three  sections,  each  of  20  wagons.) 
Personnel:  5  officers,  125  enlisted;  total,  130. 
Lines  of  communication  transport. 
New  organization. 

INLAND  WATER  TRANSPORT  SECTION. 

Personnel:  18  officers,  327  enlisted;  total,  345. 
Transport:  1  motor  car,  16  motor  bicycles. 
New  organization. 

AN    AUXILIARY    MECHANICAL    TRANSPORT    COMPANY     (STEAM    LOItRIES). 

Line  of  communications. 
Headquarters  and  3  sections,  A.S.C. 
Personnel:  5  officers,  143  enlisted;  total,  148. 
Transport:  1  motor  car,  1  motorcycle,  46  lorries,  3-ton  steam  (15 
to  each  section),  1  lorry  (workshop),  1  lorry  (store). 
New  organization. 

A   RESERVE   PARK    (MULE   TRANSPORT). 

One  horse  transport  company,  A.S.C. 
Personnel :  9  officers,  500  enlisted ;  total,  509. 

Transport:  3  carts,  8  wagons  (organization),  144  wagons  (sup- 
plies) ;  total  vehicles,  155. 
Draft  mules,  673. 
Personnel  increased.    Animals  changed  from  horses  to  mules. 

A  RESERVE  PARK  (NEW  ARMIES). 

(Two-horsed  wagons.) 

Similar  to  regular  establishment. 

Enlisted  personnel  decreased  by  2. 

A  WORKSHOP,  A.  8.  C,  FOR  THE  MOTOR  AMBULANCE  CARS  OP  A  DIVISION. 

Personnel :  1  officer,  20  enlisted ;  total,  21. 

Transport:  2  lorries  (3-ton)  (workshop  and  stores),  1  lorry  (30- 
hundred weight)  for  stores  and  personnel,  1  motor  car  for  personnel; 
total  vehicles,  4. 

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I.  Medical  Department. 
A  FIELD  AMBULANCE   (NEW  ARMIES), 

(Accommodating  150  patients.)  (Seven  motor  ambulance  cars 
and  three  horsed  ambulance  wagons.) 

Personnel  (3  sections) :  10  officers,  238  enlisted;  total,  248. 

Transport:  1  bicycle,  4  carts,  3  wagons  (cooks  and  medical  stores), 
3  wagons  (ambulance),  6  wagons  (medical  stores  and  baggage),  7 
motor  cars  (ambulance),  4  wagons  (train) ;  total  vehicles,  25. 

New  organization. 

A   MOTOR  AMBULANCE   CONVOY. 

(Fifty  motor  ambulance  cars.) 

Personnel  (3  sections) :  8  officers,  157  enlisted;  total,  165. 

Transport:  50  motor  ambulances,  4  motor  cars,  7  motorcycles,  1 
lorry  (30-hundredweight),  1  lorry  (workshop),  2  lorries  (store); 
total  vehicles,  65. 

New  organization. 

A   CASUALTY   CLEARING   STATION. 

(Two  hundred  sick.) 

Personnel:  11  officers  (including  3  chaplains),  87  enlisted;  total, 98. 

Transport:  3  lorries  (3-ton),  3  bicycles  (for  chaplains). 

New  organization. 

A   GENERAL  HOSPITAL    (1,040   BEDS). 

(Including  40  beds  for  officers.) 

Personnel:  35  officers  (including  3  chaplains  attached),  206  en- 
listed; total,  241. 

Transport :  Furnished,  as  required,  by  the  inspector  general  of  com- 
munications. 

New  organization:  Capacity  doubled. 

AN    AMBULANCE   TRAIN. 

(For  rail  transport  of  396  bed  patients.) 
Personnel :  3  officers,  3  nursing  sisters,  47  enlisted ;  total,  53, 
Organization  personnel  increased. 
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J.  Veterinary  Serrice. 

A  VETERINARY  HOSPITAL. 

(For  1,000  sick  horses.) 

Personnel :  10  officers,  389  enlisted ;  total,  399. 
Transport :  7  carts,  2  wagons,  1  lorry  (30-huiidredweight) ;  total 
vehicles,  10. 
New  organization. 

A  MOBILE  VETERINART  SECTION. 

Personnel :  1  officer,  27  enlisted ;  total,  28. 

Transport :  3  wagons. 

New  organization  for  service  with  divisions. 

A   CX>NVALE8CENT-H0RSE   DEPOT, 

(For  1,200  horses.) 

Personnel:  3  officers,  128  enlisted;  total,  131. 
Transport:  1  cart,  1  ambulance   (horse),  5  wagons.     Total  ve- 
hicles, 7.  |,vj,5  ,/ 

New  organization. 

K.  Military  Prisons. 

MILITARY   PRISONS    IN    THE    FIELD. 

(Military  prison,  each  500  prisoners.) 
Headquarters  personnel :  1  officer,  2  enlisted ;  total,  8. 
Military  prison  personnel :  1  officer,  28  enlisted ;  total,  29. 
Change  in  organization  and  increase  in  personneL 

L.  Army  Service  Corps. 

BATTALION. 

A  new  organization  of  stevedores  given  a  military  status  for  better 
control.  Enlisted  personnel  organized  with  a  proportion  ranking  as 
staff  sergeants,  sergeants,  and  corporals. 

foragers'    BATTALION. 

A  new  organization  of  forage  supply  service  given  a  military  status 
for  better  control.  Enlisted  personnel  must  be  men  over  41,  or  phys- 
ically unfit  for  fighting,  or  boys  between  15  and  17;  a  proportion 
ranlring  as  staff  sergeants,  sergeants,  and  corporals. 

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5.  ITALY. 

ARMORED  MOTOR  MACHINE-GUN  CARS. 

Each  3  guns  of  the  Maxim  type.    Cars  are  provided  with  under- 
mountable  tires.    About  120-130  on  hand. 
Organization  not  known. 

AVIATION    SERVICE 

Has  all  mechanical  transport. 

SANITART    SERVICE. 

Besides  the  usual  ambulance  cars,  motor  ambulance  cars  have  been 
provided.  Each  carries,  besides  a  doctor  and  a  nurse,  6  patients 
lying  and  4  sitting,  or  12  sitting. 

TRANSPORT  SERVICE. 

Mechanical  transport,  in  addition  to  animal -drawn  carts  and 
wagons,  has  been  adopted.  To  these  motor  vehicles  are  attached 
trailers,  either  of  the  mechanical  traction  type,  or  the  usual  four- 
wheel,  animal-drawn  type  of  cart. 

6.  JAPAN. 

No  changes  in  organization  known. 

7.  TURKEY. 
No  changes  in  organization  known. 

8.  RUSSIA. 
No  changes  in  organization  known. 

9.  SERBIA. 
No  changes  in  organization  known. 

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